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Cancun beaches were nasty, stinky messes when we were there last summer. Isla de Mujeres was ok but packed because everyone went there to avoid the seaweed. It didn't bother me much because there ain't no swim up bar in the ocean--so we would have stayed in the pool anyway. But the smell was pretty bad coming off those piles at times anyway. 

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3 minutes ago, TornACL said:

I could have sworn that this excessive seaweed problem has been going on for years.

Yes, check the article in the OP. This year is going to be pretty much unbearable.

It's good for landing cheap PDC airbnbs. 

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Sorry to tell you but it's already in the Keys.  It's going to be brutal here when it gets into the canals.  The stench will be worse than the dead fish from the red tide that just ended.  I expect locusts and pestilence next.

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3 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Doing 2 weeks in the Keys in May, so I should be good. 

Supposedly this is a 'west side" thing.  The map I saw had it affecting the Gulf Coast area.  

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19 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Supposedly this is a 'west side" thing.  The map I saw had it affecting the Gulf Coast area.  

Seems kind of racist. 

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On 3/20/2023 at 5:43 PM, VABuckeye said:

Sorry to tell you but it's already in the Keys.  It's going to be brutal here when it gets into the canals.  The stench will be worse than the dead fish from the red tide that just ended.  I expect locusts and pestilence next.

God...that reminds me of that hellacious freeze in TX a few years back when it was below freezing for 2 or 3 days straight here on N Padre Island.  Killed shit tons of fish and the canals were putrid...and I live on a canal.

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Going to South Beach in a few weeks. We’ll see what happens but I’m prepared to spend more time at the pool if it’s an issue.

Going to St. Barth in June. It’s been an on and off issue for years, but the nice thing about a small island is that different beaches face different directions and they never all get hit at the same time. If the first beach you pick has sargasso, hop back in the car and drive 10 minutes to a different beach.

Here’s a link from NOAA to monitor conditions:

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/sargassum_inundation_report/#

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Dog Beach at Lover’s Key near Bonita Beach had a crocodile in the water today.  We take our dogs there every few weeks.  Not now until we know it’s clear. 

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10 hours ago, justhookit said:

Floridians and the tourists seem like a bunch of pussies. It’s seaweed. Can it get bad? Sure, but it’s not going to ruin a vacation.

Have you ever been to a beach covered in sargassum? It's gross, it smells horrible, and it irritates your skin.

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11 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

Have you ever been to a beach covered in sargassum? It's gross, it smells horrible, and it irritates your skin.

I live in Port Aransas, so yes I’m pretty familiar with the stuff.

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On 3/18/2023 at 7:58 AM, Your Mom said:

Meh. The beach sucks anyway. Go to the mountains. 

Are there a lot of women running around in basically their underwear in the mountains?

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7 minutes ago, Pokoloco said:

Are there a lot of women running around in basically their underwear in the mountains?

And is there anything in the mountains during the summer where your kids can entertain themselves for hours at a time, allowing you to sit back and get hammered?

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36 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

And is there anything in the mountains during the summer where your kids can entertain themselves for hours at a time, allowing you to sit back and get hammered?

mountain lions.

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We keep an old school rake like this to clear a path to the water when it gets bad at Crystal Beach.  The last time it was bad there were piles 2-3 feet high.

 

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